Youth & Development Group

This page is about the Youth & Development Working Group. For more general information check out the Youth & Development page.

About

The Y&D is one of the BCA’s Working Groups, who meet as necessary to discuss matters relating to supporting youth caving and developing diversity and inclusion within the BCA.

Torca Junoso by Paul Swire

We have done so by bringing together the National Caving Scout Active Support Unit (NCSASU) the Council of Higher Education Caving Clubs (CHECC) and other BCA volunteers. This has helped us to learn from each other and support the different projects each section has going on.

The Y&D Officer is both the convenor of the Y&D Working Group and a BCA Council member.

Y&D Activities

  • Representing interests of young people on BCA council, with previous successes including making BCA membership for under 18s free
  • Providing support for CHECC to help universities facing struggles by attending meetings with their unions, providing financial support, or assisting with paperwork
  • Promoting better diversity by improving inclusivity within caving, including taking on cases of age discrimination.
  • Working with Chris Boardman, BCA Safeguarding Officer, to offer advice to clubs on how to make themselves more family friendly and engage with youth caving.
  • Supporting newly formed caving clubs by drafting paperwork such as constitutions, risk assessments and good practice guidelines.
  • Engaging with volunteer groups and pooling resources to help projects get off the ground that have a long term benefit for caving.

Policies & Guidelines

Working Group Reports

Minutes of meetings

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